Teletubby

See also: Télétubby

English

From tele- (television) +‎ tubby.

Teletubby (plural Teletubbies)

Teletubbies.

Any of the four colour-coded tubby creatures that feature in the BBC children's television series Teletubbies.
- 2007, Michael Günter, Playing the Unconscious, page 98:
  She spoke like the Teletubbies, behaved like a Teletubby, and seemed to live in this harmonious toddler phantasy world.
- 2012, James Delingpole, How To Be Right
  They [wind turbines] turn pristine landscapes into Teletubby-style horror shows.

TV creature

Armenian: հեռուստացմփորիկ (heṙustacʿmpʿorik), տելեպուզիկ (telepuzik)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 天線得得B, 天线得得B (tin¹ sin³ dak¹ dak¹ bi¹)

Mandarin: 天線寶寶 (zh), 天线宝宝 (zh) (Tiānxiànbǎobao)
Finnish: teletappi

French: Télétubby f
Hebrew: טלטאבי‎ m (teletabi), טלטבי‎ m (teletabi), טלטאביז‎ m pl (teletabiz), טלטביז‎ (teletabiz)
Marathi: टेलीटबी (ṭelīṭabī)
Russian: телепу́зик (ru) m (telepúzik)
Turkish: Teletubby, Teletabi

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